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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Catholic church held a conference to determine what about Indians?
(a) If they could go to heaven.
(b) Whether they were people or animals.
(c) If they should be allowed to receive Communion.
(d) If intermarriage with white Catholics should be allowed.

2. In December of what year did the massacre at Wounded Knee take place?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1891.

3. What was the name of Danelle's mother?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Lucille.
(c) Mary.
(d) Elizabeth.

4. What New England writer did Dan bring up in the conversation?
(a) Alcott.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Mary Baker Eddy.
(d) Thoreau.

5. What were the seven stars supposed to have taught the Lakota?
(a) How to have seven council fires.
(b) How to kill seven bears.
(c) How to chant seven prayers.
(d) How to have seven children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Delvin's and Danelle's pickup?

2. Why does Dan say he's sorry for saying those things to Nerburn?

3. How many times did Dan stop on his walk around the fenced area?

4. What did Nerburn feel was a comfort and protection from the thoughts of the dying women and children at Wounded Knee?

5. What did Nerburn dream about at Wounded Knee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Dan means when he talks about white mens' cages?

2. Why was Thoreau mentioned in the conversation?

3. Name some of the signs along the road in Chapter 22.

4. What was the advice Dan gave Nerburn in Chapter 12, "Welcome to Our Land"?

5. Describe the inside of Annie's house.

6. What did Dan take out of the trunk of the car at Wounded Knee?

7. What did Dan answer when Nerburn asked him if the Pow Wow was their destination?

8. The monument at Wounded Knee was erected in memory of what?

9. Describe what was in the bundle Grover took out of his trunk that he and Dan unwrapped in Chapter 12, "Welcome to Our Land"?

10. How do whites treat history of Lincoln differently than the history of Jesus?

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